An RAF Fairey Battle light bomber. A RAF mountain rescue team was flying to Iceland Friday August 18 2000 to recover the bodies of four airmen who died nearly 60 years ago when their Battle crashed into a glacier. * The group, leaving from RAF Kinloss, hopes to retrieve the remains in time for them to be buried with full military honours, at the end of the month. The dead men were Flying Officer Arthur Round from New Zealand, and three British crew, Flight Sergeant Reginald Hopkins, Pilot Officer Henry Talbot and Flight Sergeant Keith Garret. *27/08/00 Four Second World War airmen were finally laid to rest, 60 years after they crashed into a mountainside in Iceland. The four RAF men's remains were found after being entombed in a glacier in the north of the country since May 1941, when their Fairey Battle bomber crashed.. Stunning Photo Gifts From Press Association Images
